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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 145 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 10,297,723 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 96 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,343,202 ratings — published 2009
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as violence)
avg rating 4.00 — 793,662 ratings — published 1962
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 78 times as violence)
avg rating 4.56 — 3,981,868 ratings — published 2023
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 69 times as violence)
avg rating 4.13 — 3,883,014 ratings — published 2010
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as violence)
avg rating 4.44 — 1,044,999 ratings — published 2017
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,843,001 ratings — published 2016
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 56 times as violence)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,494,557 ratings — published 2011
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as violence)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,321,857 ratings — published 1954
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 665,308 ratings — published 1996
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 53 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,907,354 ratings — published 2023
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 49 times as violence)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,614,949 ratings — published 2015
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 30,028 ratings — published 2010
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 143,942 ratings — published 2017
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,693,573 ratings — published 1967
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.14 — 247,065 ratings — published 1985
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,007,154 ratings — published 2006
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as violence)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,821,430 ratings — published 1996
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,657,999 ratings — published 2012
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 40 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,710,550 ratings — published 2012
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as violence)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,878,289 ratings — published 2018
Violence: Six Sideways Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as violence)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,604 ratings — published 2007
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 37 times as violence)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,309,432 ratings — published 2020
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as violence)
avg rating 4.27 — 992,914 ratings — published 2014
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 36 times as violence)
avg rating 4.25 — 790,711 ratings — published 2007
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 35 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,532,284 ratings — published 2005
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 554,103 ratings — published 2018
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 4.32 — 446,122 ratings — published 2016
On Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 3.72 — 5,811 ratings — published 1970
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 33 times as violence)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,325,991 ratings — published 2025
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as violence)
avg rating 3.80 — 383,068 ratings — published 1991
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 32 times as violence)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,951,371 ratings — published 2025
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as violence)
avg rating 3.94 — 982,429 ratings — published 2021
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 53,870 ratings — published 1997
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,980,724 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,498,949 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,190,975 ratings — published 2011
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.23 — 364,303 ratings — published 2015
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.17 — 270,006 ratings — published 2005
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.00 — 698,791 ratings — published 2023
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,395,529 ratings — published 2015
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,305 ratings — published 2014
Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 3.78 — 133,193 ratings — published 2013
Columbine (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.29 — 105,909 ratings — published 2009
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 665,563 ratings — published 2022
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.10 — 260,131 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,963,464 ratings — published 2017
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 3.65 — 461,948 ratings — published 2007
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,053,495 ratings — published 1998
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,751,323 ratings — published 2009
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
― The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
― The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
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